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Puce vs Mauve - What's the difference?

puce | mauve |

As nouns the difference between puce and mauve

is that puce is a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple while mauve is a bright purple synthetic dye.

As adjectives the difference between puce and mauve

is that puce is of a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple while mauve is having a pale purple colour.

puce

English

(wikipedia puce)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.
  • See also

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    mauve

    English

    (wikipedia mauve)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
  • The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a pale purple colour.
  • See also

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